At one point, she gently pushes back against her baby with a giant paw, then squeezes the cub in a big bear hug. “Kisses. Moms understand,” wildlife photographer and tour guide Drew Hamilton ...

Ashleigh went to Alaska intent on photographing brown bears as families. This was the moment she had been waiting for, a mother leading two cubs across the beach. One of them wanted to stay and play. ...

An orphaned baby black bear defied the odds and “survived a very cold winter alone” in upstate New York, officials said. The yearling cub was spotted on Hunter Mountain near skiing trails “so weak he ...

A video on Instagram shows the mother bear stepping into the pool and swimming as her two cubs watch her by the edge Gabrielle Rockson is a staff writer-reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in ...

An unusual bear cub is in Cleveland, just waiting for you to find her a name. The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo announced Tuesday that a sloth bear cub was born back in December. The unnamed female cub ...

Animal lovers can watch the bear family bond virtually on the Washington, D.C. zoo's website until the cubs make their public debut in the spring Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE.